14 best-selling fiction books like We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

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We Are Not Free

By: Traci Chee

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the…

"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

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1. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

Similar categories in Sabaa Tahir's All My Rage book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • young adult
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

Cover of Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  Ritz

2. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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3. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more

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  • war
Cover of Isabella Warrior Queen by Michael G. Kramer

4. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's Isabella Warrior Queen book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

Cover of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

5. They Called Us Enemy

By: George Takei

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more

Similar categories in George Takei's They Called Us Enemy book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

Cover of Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) by Adib Khorram

6. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

By: Adib Khorram

4.24

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

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7. Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Punching the Air book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"They believed those lies about me and made themselves a whole other boy in their minds and replaced me with him"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

Cover of We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

8. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

Cover of Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

9. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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10. Clap When You Land

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Clap When You Land book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Who knew death must be so damn polite?"

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"All these lies that we've all swallowed, they're probably rotting in our stomachs."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"This whole time she's swallowed her words like bitter pills not realizing they were slow-drip poison."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

Cover of Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

11. Furia

By: Yamile Saied Méndez

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything … read more

Similar categories in Yamile Saied Méndez's Furia book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Lies have long legs."

-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

"When we played, we were all the same. We were all one."

-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

"I was just a girl with strong legs and a stubborn streak."

-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

"I’ll rescue myself. No one will ever lock me up in a tower."

-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

Cover of We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

12. We Are Not Free

By: Traci Chee

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's We Are Not Free book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

Cover of Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

13. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

Similar categories in Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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14. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Internment

By: Samira Ahmed

3.87

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Internment book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

Cover of Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

16. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
Cover of We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

17. We Are Not From Here

By: Jenny Torres Sanchez

4.48

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico borde… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Torres Sanchez's We Are Not From Here book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

Cover of Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

18. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

Cover of Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy) by Jarred Amato

19. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

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Cover of Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade

20. Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

By: Ernesto Saade

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This is the story of Carlos and Elena, the story of thousands, the story of my country . . . This … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Saade's Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account book and Traci Chee's We Are Not Free

  • family

14 Top contemporary books like We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

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All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

4.50

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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

K. Ritz

4.33

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Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

Adib Khorram

4.24

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Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi

4.41

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Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.65

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Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

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They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

4.42

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Robin Ha

4.22

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